Saturday, September 26, 2009

We seek them out so you don't have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television. Inclusion of a programme is not a recommendation.

Some of the programmes listed below will be available online on the respective network's websites.

Enjoy!

Owt on’t’telly?

A round up of LGBT progs and personalities on British TV.

TVNewGraham Norton guests on the repeat of Jonathan Ross on Saturday at 1am. Demi Moore on Bio at 9am. Stephen Fry seeks out the nearest thing to a dragon in Indonesia in Last Chance to See on BBC2 at 8pm on Sunday. Christopher Biggins guests on Loose Women on ITV1 at 12.30pm Monday, and John Barrowman is there on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, Sue Perkins joins Paul O’Grady at 5 on 4 and The Simpsons on 4 at 6 has a gay marriage in Springfield special. Ennio Morricone Special on Sky Arts 2 at 11pm.On Wednesday Nigel Slater produces Simple Suppers on BBC1 at 7.30pm. Su Pollard on Loose Women at 12.30pm ITV1 Friday and Derren Browntells us how to beat a casino on 4 at 9pm. Ballet Boyz on Dance Sky Arts 2 at 10pm.

OngoingLGBT issues are often debated in The Big Questions on BBC1 at 10am Sunday. Will and Grace at 9am and Come Dine with Me every weekday at 5.30on C4, as well as Saturday at 4 and other repeatings on More4.Big Food Fight withSue Perkins on C4 at 10pm Tuesday (repeated 8pm Friday). Ugly Betty on C4 at 10pm Wednesday. Paul O’Grady Show every day at 5pm on C4.

FilmsIan Mckellen as Gandalf in LOOR The Two Towers C4 7pm Saturday. Carry on up the Khyber at 3.10pm Film4. Mamma Mia on Comedy at 8pm Sunday. Jodie Foster in The Brave One at 10.10pm Drama Wednesday. Rocky Horror on Indie at 8.15pm Friday

RadioPlease also note that Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour contains a lot of relevant content and is generally LGBT friendly, but a lot of its output is not available to us before we put this on the site. For the latest Woman’s Hour stuff, subscribe to the programme's newsletter here.

Saturday 26thBBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Dale Winton’s Pick of the Pops. 74 and 93BBC Radio 2 - 6: Going Out with Alan CarrBBC Radio 2 - 8: Paul Gambaccini US HitsBBC Radio 4 - 6.07am: Ramblings. Clare Balding in north NorthumberlandBBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live. Sarah Graham is intersex and explains how she found out. She is also a lesbian.BBC Radio 4 - 12.30pm: The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig presents. Sue Perkins guestsBBC Radio 4 - 1.10: Any Questions. Ben Bradshaw is on the panelBBC Radio 4 - 4pm: Weekend Woman’s HourBBC Radio 4 - 5.30: the Bottom Line. Evan DavisBBC Radio 4 - 10.15: Iconclasts. Debate on the age of consent and the subsequent criminalisation of children. Peter Tatchell featuresBBC Radio 7 - 7.30pm: Daphne du Maurier – Frenchman’s Creek

Sunday 27thBBC Radio 2 - 5pm: Paul O’GradyBBC Radio 4 - 7.05am: Sunday. Religious programme that often deals with LGBT issuesBBC Radio 4 - 11.15: Desert Island Discs. Barry ManilowBBC Radio 4 - 12.04pm: Just a Minute. Sue PerkinsBBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word. Weekly obituary that has included LGBT figures in the pastBBC Radio 7 - 7.30pm: The Frankie Howerd Show

Monday 28thBBC Radio 2 - 11.30pm: Holloway Dreams: The Joe Meek Story. Tom Robinson presents a profile of the troubled gay sound engineer. Final partBBC Radio 4 - 2.15: Afternoon Play: Hoffnung Drawn to Music. Bio with Matt Lucas as the eponymous etc.BBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: Just a Minute. Graham NortonBBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Analysis: who’s Afraid of the BNP? Kenan Malik on how the mainstream should deal with a fascist party

Tuesday 29thBBC Radio 2 - 10.30pm: Dick Emery: Comedy of Errors. David Walliams on the ‘comedian’ who ruined my childhoodBBC Radio 4 - 4.30pm: Great Lives. With Matthew Parris. John Major on Rudyard Kipling

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Wythenshaw 97.2 FM, a community radio station, airs a lesbian and gay radio magazine programme once weekly, according to Out North West Magazine published by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester. Podcast http://www.tuesdaynightout.co.uk/

GayRadio-UK is a new online radio station in Blackpool and promises a variety of LGBT programming. The audio stream is at www.gayradiouk.com. Guests iunclude lesbian actress Amanda Barrie, gay icon Su Pollard and radical actor Richie Tomlinson. Daily programmes are uploaded at the most popular gay podcast site on the net, Feast of Fun www.feastoffools.net, with a speech based programme of LGBT guests, news digest and light-hearted discussion.

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